Installation Documentation Suggestion
I had a slight problem following the installation instructions for =
FreeBSD when I got to this point:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-media.h=
tml
I had booted my computer from a CD that I burned using =
5.4-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso, walked through a custom installation just =
fine till just after selecting the install media and being prompted:
User Confirmation Requested Last Chance!
Are you SURE you want to continue the installation?
I selected "Yes". The filesystems were created, then the following error =
occurred:=20
Unable to transfer the base installation from acd0
This may sound incredibly stupid but I spent a fair bit of time trying =
to troubleshoot this before I tried removing the boot CD, inserting the =
on created from 5.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso and THEN selecting "Yes" to =
continue the installation.
I assumed that when it was necessary to swap CD's I would be prompted. =
This was not the case. In checking the installation instructions in the =
handbook there is also no mention of removing the boot CD and inserting =
the next one before continuing.
I realize that the CD image name contains the string "bootonly". Still, =
you might consider having the install script check for the correct CD or =
give some kind of reminder when to change it, or perhaps make a note in =
your instructions as to when the CD should be swapped.
Perhaps by pointing out where I got confused I can prevent some other =
dummy from getting caught the same way.
Cheers!
RPK.
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